# The Welfare Supplementary Payment (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017, Regulation 7: Means of recovery

Extent: N.I.

(1) An amount recoverable may be recovered—
(a) by means of deduction from certain supplementary payments under regulation 9,
(b) in so far as the outstanding amount is not recovered under regulation 9, by means of deduction from benefits under regulation 10 or 10A,
(c) in so far as the outstanding amount is not recovered under regulations 9 and 10 or under regulations 9 and 10A, by means of deduction from earnings under regulation 11, and
(d) in so far as the outstanding amount is not recovered under regulations 9, 10 and 11 or under regulations 9, 10A and 11, by means of action taken in court under regulation 12.
(2) In addition, where the Department may recover an overpayment by virtue of the fourth case in regulation 6, the amount recoverable may be recovered by means of deduction from back-dated payments awarded under regulation 13.
(2A) In the application of this regulation to a case where regulation 11 does not apply by virtue of paragraph (A1) of that regulation, paragraph (1) of this regulation has effect as if sub-paragraph (c) and the references to regulation 11 in sub-paragraph (d) were omitted.
(3) In this Part “the outstanding amount” means, in relation to an amount recoverable, the amount which for the time being remains to be recovered.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/28/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-supplementary-payment-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/regulation-7
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